Exam book grade 11

4. Complete the sentences with a, an, the or the zero article (–).

1. Have you heard __________ news?

2. This is __________ best dinner I’ve ever eaten!

3. I think being a dancer would be __________ great job!

4. When Dave went to France, he visited __________ capital city, Paris.

5. Look, there’s __________ house that I told you about!

6. Don’t forget to take __________ umbrella, it might rain.

7. My sister is __________ only person I can talk to about everything

8. Australia is __________ sixth largest country in the world.

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1. Choose the correct reporting verbs to complete the sentences.

1. Kevin __________ that dinner was ready.

a) said	b) told	c) demanded

2. I only understood what had happened after Isabelle had __________ it all to me.

a) explained	b) insisted	c) demanded

3. Frances __________ me that she’d give me a lift to the match.

a) insisted	b) said	c) told

4. I was listening to the radio when the festival organisers __________ that tickets were now on sale.

a) told	b) announced	c) demanded

5. My friend __________ that we should go to the swimming pool, unless I preferred to go somewhere else.

a) told	b) demanded	c) suggested

6. I didn’t want to watch that documentary about pollution, but my brother __________ that it was really important for teenagers to see it.

a) demanded	b) insisted	c) told

7. Hester’s parents were very angry and __________ that she should come home from the party immediately.

a) told	b) suggested	c) demanded

8. Mike __________ his friends that he was going to look for a new job.

a) told	b) insisted	c) explained

2. Match the definition with the correct verb.

1. __ make someone remember to do something, or make someone remember something

a. wonder

2. __ have a different opinion from someone else about something

b. warn

3. __ say that you will certainly do something

c. complain

4. __ say that something is wrong and you are annoyed about it

d. apologise

5. __ ask yourself questions or express a wish to know about something

e. promise

6. __ tell someone you are sorry about something you have done

f. remind

7. __ tell someone about a possible danger or problem, now or in the future

g. joke

8. __ say funny things, say things in a way that isn’t serious

h. disagree

GRAMMAR


3. Complete the reported speech with the missing verbs.

1. ‘I’m at the station,’ he said.

He said he __________________________ at the station.

2. ‘I’m going to buy some bread,’ she said.

She said she __________________________ buy some bread.

3. ‘It’ll rain in the afternoon,’ she said.

She said it __________________________ in the afternoon.

4. ‘They haven’t arrived yet,’ he said.

He said they __________________________ yet.

5. ‘He doesn’t like fish,’ she said.

She said he __________________________ fish.

6. ‘We took lots of photos,’ he said.

He said they __________________________ lots of photos.

7. ‘I can’t see the screen,’ she said.

She said she __________________________ the screen.

8. ‘We didn’t understand the question,’ they said.

They said they __________________________ the question.


4. Complete the direct questions.

1. She asked him if he had come by bike.

‘____________________ by bike?’ she asked him.

2. He asked her where her phone was.

‘____________________ your phone?’ he asked her.

3. They asked me whether I could start work on the project immediately.

‘____________________ work on the project immediately?’ they asked me.

4. She asked him if he knew her cousin.

‘____________________ my cousin?’ she asked him.

5. We asked them why they had been late.

‘____________________ late?’ we asked them.

6. I asked her where she was going after the match.

‘____________________ after the match?’ I asked her.

7. Oliver asked me whether Maria would like his present.

‘____________________ my present?’ Oliver asked me.

8. She asked me who I was texting.

‘____________________?’ she asked me.